gabhlán

Irish

Etymology 1

From gabhal +‎ -án.

Noun

gabhlán m (genitive singular gabhláin, nominative plural gabhláin)

1. martin

Derived terms

• gabhlán abhann súilbhán
• gabhlán binne
• gabhlán gainimh
• gabhlán gaoithe

Noun

gabhlán m (genitive singular gabhláin, nominative plural gabhláin)

1. (geography, etc.) fork

Derived terms

• gabhlánach
• gabhlánacht

Etymology 2

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Noun

gabhlán m (genitive singular gabhláin, nominative plural gabhláin)

1. (medicine) fit, seizure

   Synonym: taom

Declension

Declension of gabhlán (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative gabhlán gabhláin vocative a ghabhláin a ghabhlána genitive gabhláin gabhlán dative gabhlán gabhláin forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an gabhlán na gabhláin genitive an ghabhláin na ngabhlán dative leis an ngabhlán don ghabhlán leis na gabhláin

Mutation

Mutated forms of gabhlán

radical	lenition	eclipsis
gabhlán	ghabhlán	ngabhlán

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “gabhlán”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “gabhlán”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “gabhlán”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024